Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Classical musician Percussionist |
| Known for | Thavil |
| Children | Sons: S.Manivannan (Engineer), S.Malarvannan (Classical musician) Daughters: 2 |
| Parent | Arumugham |
| Awards | Padma Shri Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Kalanidhi Award Thavil Ulaga Sooriyan |
Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam is an Indian classical musician and percussionist, considered by many as one of the foremost prominent exponents ofthavil also known as dolu, a traditional percussion instrument inCarnatic music, accompanying windpipe instruments such as nadaswaram, saxophone, clarinet, etc, and string instruments like violin, mandolin, etc. He was awarded theMadras Music Academy'sSangeetha Kalanidhi in 2009.[1][2] He is a recipient of theSangeet Natak Akademi Award. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of thePadma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to Music.[3]
Subramaniam was born inValayapatti inPudukottai district ofTamil Nadu to Arumugham, a knownnadaswaram performer and learnt playing the instrument from his father.[4] Later, he trained inthavil under Mannargudi Rajagopala Pillai and started performing as an accompanist to several known nadaswaram players such as Thiruveezhimizhalai brothers, Sembanarkoil brothers, Karukurichi P. Arunachalam,Namagiripettai Krishnan and Thirumeignanam Nataraja Sundaram Pillai. Soon, he became a regular accompanist toThiruvizha Jayashankar[5] andKunnakudi Vaidyanathan and is reported to have performed at over 3000 concerts with the latter.[4]
TheSangeet Natak Akademi selected Subramaniam for their annual music award in 1988[6] and the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour ofPadma Shri in 2007.[3] Three years later, he received the Sangeeta Kalanidhi title from theMadras Music Academy, thus becoming the first accompanist andThavil player to receive the award.[1] He is also a recipient of theThavil Ulaga Sooriyan title.[2]
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